ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Senior Dana Smothers placed 10th overall in the men's 400 Meter Dash with a time of 49.95 at the Bulldogs indoor track and field season opener at the U.S. Naval Academy. With his finish, Smothers is a provisional qualifier for the Indoor Nationals. COMPLETE RESULTS

Bryan Williams was also a Bowie State top 10 finisher, claiming 4th in the men's Triple Jump with a jump of 13.49m (44-03.25) and 8th in the Long Jump (6.46m).

Travis Scarborough was 14th in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 22.95 and Xavier Thomas placed 20th (23.47) in the same event. Oluwatobi Owolabi and Victor Bosier also competed in the 200 Meter Dash finishing 25th (23.93) and 28th (24.29) respectively.

Other Bulldog individual participants include Jalame Gomez (18th- 50.90) and Daniel Ballah (30th – 53.32) in the 400 Meter Dash, Sonny Hicks (22nd – 2:04.71) in the 800 Meter Run, Anthony Kiser (14th – 6.18m) in the Long Jump and Channing Johnson (15th – 12.77m) in the Shot Put.

The 4x400 Meter Relay “A” team of Smothers, Gomez, Ballah and Scarborough took fifth in 3:22.81 and the Distance Medley “A” team of Ndjami Chick, JD Tharpe , Hicks and Owolabi were eighth with a time of 11:14.13.

Bowie State returns to action on Saturday (January 5) at the George Mason University Father Diamond Invitational in Fairfax, Va.